Precedents of all kinds against Athletic in the Spanish Cup

The Clásico Cup will take place this Wednesday in San Mames (21:30, La 1). Athletic and Barça will meet again in the Copa del Rey in a thrilling quarter-final. The two teams that have won this trophy the most times are:Barça (31) and Athletic (23)– they want to repeat a clash that has happened four times in the last five years.

Barça’s dominance over the last 10 years…

Since 2014, the Basque and Catalan national teams have met eight times. Since the Cup final at Camp Nou, where Luis Enrique’s team won 3-1, the balance of victories in the culé team is favorable

. Five wins and three losses are the total result of both teams. Triumphs included the final of the 2014/15 season, as well as a 4-0 victory at the Estadio de la Cartuja, where Koeman’s men overtook the Lions.

…and in the historical global

Since the first confrontation between the two teams in 1920 at Molinone, where Barça won their first Cup (then Copa Alfonso XIII) by beating Athletic 2-0, the two rivals have met 44 times. Once again the Barcelona team emerges victorious. 24 wins for the Blaugranas, against 14 for the Rodiblancos and six draws.

Just one defeat in the quarterfinals

This season will be the sixth time that Bilbao and the Catalans will meet in the quarter-finals. In the five previous editions in which both teams met in this round, Barcelona managed to reach the semi-finals four times.. 19 goals for and 11 against – a favorable score for Xavi Hernandez’s team.

Messi, top scorer

The Argentine star converted before eight goals in 10 games Cup, which he played against Athletic. The goal, nominated for the Puskás Award in the 2014/15 season, remains in the memory of the Barça fan, where the Barça 10 staged an anthological game, getting rid of almost the entire Athletic defense.